The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-03-31

Wealthy Ladies of Pittsburg and the Pc
culiarities for Which They are Noted.


costly dresses. and others for their &C.
centricitv. OF the latter class the most
striking example is Mrs. Toomey, a
childless widow. Not one of thous-
and PittsbWgers has heard of her, yet
she has over s., 900, 900 invested in real
estate. She lives in one room at the
corner of Grant street and Virgin alley.
not the most pleasant abiding-place for
woman of vast wealth. Mrs. Toomey
does all her own work, including the
care of her solitary room and the col
lecting of her rents, a big task even for
an able-bodied man. Yet she is about
go years of age. She is The last of
fine old family-the Murtlands. At his
death her husbands property was not
cent less than 8, ,0000 600. 1t must have
since been largely increased. There was
no one to divide with the widow, and
her wants, simple as they are, can be
gratifed with the salary of a Junior
clerk. Her tenants often puzzle them
selves as to the present amount of their
eccentric landlady's fortune, and its
disposition upon her death makes still
more interesting study.
A wealthy and pretty young woman
is Miss Maggie Milord, who created
sensation at Cape May last summer
Her wagon-load of trunks contained
ninety-two dresses, and her frequent
dinners and pleasure sails in her own
yacht were events of the season. She
is a granddaughter Of Gen. Robinson,
and, it is said, is betrothed to an east
ern young man.
A modest and unassuming woman is
the wife of Congressman Tom" Bayne,
of Allegheny City She has from $500
600 to S4O0,O in her own right. She
has a wonderful country house at Belle
vue, a few miles down the Ohio. 1t is
perfectly round in shape and has some
remarkably odd rooms. A round hall
in the center, following closely the lines
Of the house, is lit by skylight. Mrs.
Bayne never for@ets old acquaintances.
1t is said that she recently astonished
capital society by chaperoning a rural
party through the department buildings
and the galleries of the senate and
house Mrs Bayne's friends were poor
ly attired, yet they found hearty wei
come from the wealthy congressman
wife. She had once boarded with them
in their simple mountain nome in Penn
sylyania.
MIR. William Darlington is a first
cousin of Mrs. SchenIey, nee Croghan,
the wealthy Pittsburg woman who when
liz years OF age eloped with and married
an English army officer, and has since
resided in England. Mrs. Darlington
is daughter of Gen. O'Hara, and is
worth from $4,000, 600 to s., 900, 900.
She has literary tastes. and owns lib
rary that ranks very high
Mrs. II. Kirk Porter, wife of the To-
comotiye builder, takes pleasure in en-
terfaining visiting celebrities, and is
ambitious to establish salon in Pitts
burg. She was widow with two chill
dren when she first met Mr.. Porter.
That was in New York city, and she
provided home for herself and her
little ones by coloring photographs
Her first husband was a Mr.. Hegeman.
An interesting part of her elegant resi-
dencc in Oakland is SIC, 900 hall win
dow. On it is painted girl feeding
peacocks. 1t was copied from a famous
ptiHiII1
Mrs. Ross Proctor. one of Pittsburg's
Youngest and fairest brides, married
last June the grandson and one of the
heirs of Singer, OF sewing machine fame.
They first met in New Y ork. where Mr..
Proctor became infatuated with her
beauty, and whence he followed her to
Pittsburg. He took elegant rooms on
Penn avenue and lived the luxurious
life of wealthy bachelor. The mar
riage soon followed.
Mrs. Henry Phipps, Jr., has some
thing to interest callers at her Allie
gheny City residence. Five windows
in the dining-room have painted on
them ikenesses of each of her five
children. The woodwork in the house
alone cost SO, 600. Her husband is
partner Of Andrew Carnegie, and re
Gently endeared himself to the hearts
of all Alleghenians by providing green
houses for the city parks, stipulating
that they should be kept open on Sun
days as well as weekdays. Working
men are thankful for this proviso.
When Thomas NJ. Howe, the steel
manufacturer, died he left his widow
several million dollars. At the time of
their marriage he was 4 poor clerk,
who, when the ceremony had been con
cluded, hurried back to his work, while
his wife, III company with some friends,
visited an auction-room, where some
secondhand furniture for housekeeping
was purchased.
Mrs. John Arthur recently figured
in the newspapers as the wealthy aunt
of Nina Van Zandt, the Chicago girl
who married by proxy Spies, the con-
demned anarchist. 1t is said Mrs.
Arthur threatened to disinherit Nina in
case the marriage took place. 1t is not
known whether the threat will be car
ried out Mrs. Arthur was a Miss
Clark, and married a rejected lover of
her mother. When Mr.. Arthur became
old and feeble he fell in love with the
daughter, who married him and nurscd
him until his death, which occurred
about ten years ago. By his will Mr.
Arthur cut off all his relatives, leaving
his wife 100000, which has since been
greatly augmented. Mrs. Arthur, who
is about 80 years of age, is devoted to
foreign missionary work, and has
penchant for presenting elegant outfits
to lady missionaries.
Mrs. Albert Childs, beautiful wom-
an, is fairly idolized by her servants,
for whose exclusive benefit she has
gathered an elegant library.
The wife Of Mr.. Reuben Miller, the
steel manufacturer, has canary bird
for which her husband paid $500. 1t
was at recent fair for the benefit of
the Homeopathic hospital that Mr..
Miller bought it, and the birds chief
merit lies in the fact that it had been
tenderly reared by young daughter of
Bishop Whitehead.
The widow of president Tom
Scott, of the Pennsylvania railroad, re-
sides in Philadelphia, but she was
f j -fn ha,.